If you’ve used both Lemmy and Reddit: Which one gives you better discussions and more reliable info without all the spam? Share what you have noticed.

  • HumanDent@lemmy.zip
    7·
    2 months ago

    They both have pros and cons. Both deal with spam, AI slop, and other BS. It seems like a “pick your poison” kinda thing.

  • Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world
    5·
    2 months ago

    After using reddit for years and Lemmy for months I’ve made some observations, YMMV though. I interact most heavily with ask type subs on both platforms. I’ve noticed a significantly further left lean here. I figured it’d be less moderated but I haven’t really found that to be the case. I’ve also noticed in some cases very crazy people have been banned/shadow banned off redit and end up here spewing wild shit. Opinions tend to be stronger here. Very long answers are more common here. Post creation in communities like this are generally better in my experience because replies are people who care to answer meaningfully or not at all. If I ask a question here I’ll get responses from the leftist/liberal/communist/anarchist/antirealist side of things exclusively. On reddit I’ll get leftist/liberal/left/right/alt right answers.

  • IWW4@lemmy.zip
    4·
    2 months ago

    Reddit has orders of magnitude more content. There is no debate on that.

    If you stay away from the popular subs on Reddit you can avoid the spam.

  • Libb@piefed.socialEnglish
    4·
    2 months ago

    can’t be compared. They don’t play in the same league number-wise. I got a lot less interactions here on Lemmy/piefed than I used to have on Reddit, but since I don’t want to use Reddit it doesn’t matter much: I’m here, not over there anymore ;)